Congress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information. The site provides access to accurate, timely, and complete legislative information for Members of Congress, legislative agencies, and the public. It is presented by the Library of Congress (LOC) using data from the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Government Publishing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and the LOC's Congressional Research Service.
This site is not affiliated with the Congressional Research Service, but aims to provide integrated, searchable access to many of the full-text CRS reports that have been available at a variety of different web sites since 1990.
Presents online versions of major U.S. government publications, such as: the Congressional Record, congressional publications of all kinds, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, executive branch documents and more.
Track members of Congress and the status of legislation. Full text of bills from 1993-present; varied coverage 1799-1992. Also makes its bulk data, API, and source code available.
Indexes Congressional materials from 1789-present. Includes full text access to U.S. legislative information, including bills and pending legislation, legislative history, hearings, testimony, Congressional Record, CRS Reports, public laws, etc.(For full text of most historic reports and documents, try the U.S. Congressional Serial Set via Readex.) Now also includes Serial Set Maps 1789-2007; Executive Branch Documents 1789-1952; and Presidential Materials 1789-Present
Provides declassified government documents from 1945 to present, organized into discrete collections focused on a single topic. Includes the collection, U.S. Climate Change Diplomacy, 1981-2015.
Official documentary record of major US foreign policy decisions, archived as digital facsimile by the University of Wisconsin. Incomplete run with years added as available. Precedes the modern version maintained and archived by the US State Department.
Official diplomatic record of U.S. relations with other countries. Contains important speeches, communiques, and other communications of State Department officials and diplomats. There is a delay (approximately 30-40 years) in the release of information as it becomes declassified.
Presents online versions of major U.S. government publications, such as: the Congressional Record, congressional publications of all kinds, the Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Supreme Court decisions, executive branch documents and more.
Full text of law reviews/legal periodicals plus primary sources such as the Code of Federal Regulations; Federal Register; Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS); Treaties and Agreements Library; United States Code; U.S. Attorney General Opinions; U.S. Congressional Documents; U.S. Federal Agency Documents, Decisions, and Appeals; U.S. Federal Legislative History Library; U.S. Statutes at Large; World Constitutions Illustrated.
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Selected declassified documents of the US government on a wide range of subjects: Nuclear History, Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Intelligence and Secrecy, September 11, etc. A valuable collection of primary sources. Also lists documents for sale
Full text of documents from various government agencies: the White House, the CIA, the FBI, the State Department and others, declassified by the U.S. government, and obtained from Presidential Libraries.
Lobbyists & Interest Groups
The following websites will tell you more about individual interest groups and lobbying organizations and help you track their finances.
provides data on campaign contributions in state elections. The information includes contributions by sector, by political party, labor and business. From the National Institute on Money in State Politics.
Includes Encyclopedia of associations; Encyclopedia of associations. International organizations; Encyclopedia of associations. National organizations of the U.S.; Encyclopedia of associations. Regional, state, and local organizations; National directory of nonprofit organizations
"Where Americans Can See Where Their Money Goes." USAspending.gov is the publicly accessible, searchable website mandated by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to give the American public access to information on how their tax dollars are spent.
Below is a selection of books about lobbyists and interest groups from the library catalog.
Dirty Deals?: an encyclopedia of lobbying, political influence, and corruption by 
Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations
Guide to Interest Groups and Lobbying in the United States by 
The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups by 
Washington Information Directory by 
